Webb, Lucy (nee Mew/s) (1855 - 1938)

Collections by 'Mrs Webb' from WA in 1895 are probably this person.

Born in WA, c.1855; died in Perth in 1938.

Born to a sailor, Robert Mew, and Jane Muller/Ayres/Gordon. Lucy is described
as 'part-Aboriginal'. In 1875, Lucy married ex-convict, and
professional natural history collector, William Heaton Webb
(c.1834-1897), who had already been married to Sarah
nee Heywood. The Webbs were based in Albany where
they had eight children, the youngest of whom was called
May Mueller Webb (b.1892).